Medical Center Staff Pharmacist

Amro Ahmed, PharmD, RPh

*** ************ ** • Graniteville, VT 05654

********.****.*****@*****.*** • 917-***-****

Education

PharmD, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers September 2014 – May 2021 Dean’s List: Fall 2016

Work Experience

Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC), Berlin, VT Sept 2024 - Present Staff Pharmacist

• Ensured appropriate medical therapy for ICU, MedSurg, ED, and Psychiatric services

• Delivered sterile compounded IV products

• Operated employee outpatient pharmacy while also juggling inpatient responsibilities Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center, American Samoa June 2024 - Sept 2024 Acting Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacist

• Supervised care for 60,000 inhabitants of island as the sole hospital pharmacy on the island

• Operated as the sole pharmacist on the island while chief of pharmacy is away from pharmacy

• Prevented several hundred near-errors without the assistance of advanced pharmacy software

• Worked on average 20 extra hours/week unpaid due to over-burdened, under-staffed system in a population suffering from the highest rate of diabetes in the world (47% - NIH) Jefferson Health Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA April 2024 - May 2024 Per Diem Hospital Pharmacist

• Ensured accuracy of care for 548 beds of the level I trauma center, tertiary-care hospital

• Offered advanced treatment in 58 different specialties, including radiation oncology

• Coordinated care among several hundred healthcare professionals, including 133 top doctors recognized by Philadelphia Magazine, attaining gold seal of approval from The Joint Commission Specialty Rx, Harrisburg, PA Mar 2024 - May 2024

Full-Time Long-term care Staff Pharmacist

• Grew service from 30 to 40 nursing homes after our facility became a 24-hour pharmacy

• Ensured three daily orders left pharmacy on time and without mistakes, containing hundreds of narcotic orders, hundreds of IV solutions and compounds, and thousands of chronic medications

• Resolved hundreds of telephone and online consultation requests daily from nurses and doctors CVS Health, Ocean City, NJ to West Chester, PA April 2021 - May 2024 Intern, Staff Pharmacist (Sept 2021), Pharmacist Manager (August 2022), Floater (April 2024)

• Achieved 35 million dollars in sales for 2023, reaching the store’s 10 year prediction at 5 years

• Grew store from 100-200 scripts/day to 700-800 scripts/day after 4 nearby pharmacies closed

• Exceeded 108% of immunization goal for 2023 with 1500 vaccines per month of flu season Externships

OPEN Health, Parsippany, NJ March 2021

Preceptor – Michael Mclaughlin, MD

• Worked alongside a team of medical writers to produce scientific manuscripts, clinical posters, abstracts, research and literature analyses

• Interacted with client medical personal and clinical thought leaders to effectively disseminate clinical/HEOR data through communications grounded in science

• Created several pieces of medical writing for Jazz pharmaceuticals, primarily on narcolepsy. Bristol Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ January 2021 Preceptor – Marc Sturgill, PharmD

• Attended daily virtual rounds, monitored drug therapy for NICU, PICU, Peds Heme-Onc, and Gen Peds, and served as an accurate drug information source for fellow health-care professionals Saint Peter’s University Health, New Brunswick, NJ November 2020 Preceptor – Tomi Thoonkuzhy, BSPharm

• Shadowed oncology, pediatric, and main hospital pharmacists

• Gained practical IV room experience with TPNs, chemotherapy, and dilutions

• Evaluated ADRs across 32 patients for presentation to P&T committee Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ October 2020 Preceptor – Mary Bridgeman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP

• Implemented pharmaceutical recommendations tailored to individual patient cases and served as the sole pharmacy presence on internal medicine team for the majority of rounds

• Taught internal medicine team on mechanisms of actions and different considerations of pharmacological therapy during rounds when posed with a drug information question or voluntarily through journal clubs and seminar presentations

• Gave daily patient case presentations with supporting drug information to update preceptor, and gave formal patient case presentations and topic presentations in collaboration with infectious diseases team and drug information residents

Raritan Bay, Hackensack Meridian Health, Perth Amboy, NJ September 2020 Preceptor – Jennifer Le, PharmD

• Ensured accuracy of critical care during rounds and served as the sole pharmacy presence for fifty percent of the rotation while preceptor worked at sister site in Old Bridge

• Taught hospital pharmacy staff on latest Covid-19 treatment recommendations on the back of the landmark RECOVERY trial and anticoagulation research

• Researched and resolved drug information questions posed by critical care team Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ August 2020 Preceptor – Lucio Volino, PharmD, CTTS

• Engaged in transitions of care through patient counseling and educational lectures on various health topics such as immunizations, cholesterol, diabetes, and hypertension.

• Worked closely with retail pharmacy manager and director to create educational materials for health system pharmacists, and to create a feasibility model of opening a new pharmacy.

• Tested patient INRs and adjusted warfarin dosing schedules accordingly in ambulatory care clinic while counseling on lifestyle changes to improve patient outcomes with anti-coagulation, diabetes, and asthma

Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, Plainsboro, NJ June 2019 Preceptor – Jeremy Liu, PharmD

• Audited pharmacists’ interventions and updated appropriate documentation

• Recommended step-down therapies as a part of antimicrobial stewardship Service and Leadership Experience

Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) September 2018 – Present Health Ambassador

• Educated residents of the Ozanam family shelter on diabetes and HIV prevention/management strategies using games and educational posters/pamphlets. Education Opportunity Fund (EOF) August 2014 – Present Chi Alpha Epsilon (XAE) Honor Society

• Organized food and materials with the Hands of Hope Food Pantry in Edison, NJ

• Mentored prospective high school students on tour events and pharmacy underclassmen New Jersey Reentry Corporation August 2020

Health Ambassador

• Empowered formerly incarcerated individuals with education of chronic disease management through a presentation and personal discussions

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ September 2018 – December 2018 Class Liaison

• Resolved conflicts and miscommunication among students and faculty

• Consolidated class lectures into concise review sheets for classmates Skills and Licenses

• NJ Pharmacist License: 28RI04196700 (Expires (04/30/2025)

• NJ Immunization License: 28RJ12450 (Expires (04/30/2025)

• PA Pharmacist License: RP456450 (Expires 09/30/2024)

• PA Immunization License: RPI015628 (Expires 09/30/2024)

• AK Pharmacist & Immunization License: 220059 (Expires 06/30/2026)

• VT Pharmacist Licence: 033.0135472EMGY (Expires 4/30/2025)

• American Samoa Pharmacist License: 5128C (Expires 7/14/2026)

• BLS Certified (Expires 3-7-2026)

• NPI: 186*******

• Languages: English, Arabic

• Advanced Computer Typing: 110 words per minute

• Pharmacy Systems: Paragon, EnterpriseRx, Sunrise, Cerner, Soarian, QS/1, OutcomesMTM, Reimbursement Counseling Services (RCS), EQUiPP, OmniCell, Pyxis, McKesson, Cardinal, Putty, Carevue, Epic

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